Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-23

CROSBY NOh t$0ttOrs
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that Of any other daily paper psbIished In
Washington, and much greater than that
Of all the other daily papers here added
Together.
Twelve Pnges To-Norrosv.
As Monday VIII be observed as Christmas. and
therefore legal holiday 10 the District, THE STAR
viii not be published that afternoon To supply
that omission, 1t VIII, however, appear again To-
morrow IN twelve-page or ninety-six column
0Pm. This enlarged issue Will have ample room
D0c only for an unusually large amount and
variety Of choice reading matter. both original
snd selected. but also more than the ordi nary
sace available for ADVERTISEMENTS OF which those
desirous OF securing customers for anything they
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vantage. Indications justify the belief that to-
norrows issue will be the largest Of the year.
The meeting &C Cumberland, Nd, yesterday to
take measures for the preservation OF the Chesa-
peake and Ohio canal, adopted resolutions urging
upon the national government the importance Of
protective ARTIFICIAL interstate waterways and as
West Virginia and the District OF Columbia were
all involved In maintaining this canal in its pres
emit independent status. IL was also resolved that
Two committees be appointed-the one 10 wait
upon Congress and the other upon the Maryland
Legislature, 70 impress those bodies the neces-
atty Of doing something to relieve the existing
strngencJ.
Representative McComas laid before the meeting
some very practical views He did not believe that
fnnrD Ifsfa IN In hah Pot
the canal 50 readily now as after the state had
acted The state, having controlled the canal
heretofore IL responsible for whatever MS may be
traced to mismanagement It Is therefore the
states duty 70 take the first step toward the res
cue Of its great waterway from disaster. When IT,
has done what lies In It's power, Il can turn the
matter over to Congress. who may then properly
be petitoned for federal adm consideration OF the
fact that the general government IL stockholder
In the canal and thus justified In protecting its
own property.
Hon william walsh, OF Cumberland. spoke in
much the same strain as Mr.. MeComas, and laid
even greater stress upon the need OF state assist
anee In the present emergency. He declared his
nrm belief In the eanaps inherent power Of recupe-
ration II given a little timely assistance The
state might, he thought, appropriate enough
money TO pay the overdue interest on the repair
bonds and commit itself 70 q liberal policy for a
few years more: and the encouragement thus Of
fered would 50 increase the volume OF traffic on
the canal that the public treasury might not be
called upoa for further contributions
Both gentlemen secuted the idea that any per-
mAnent benent would come TO the business CON-
munity from the sale Of the canal to a competing
railway company. Railroads, /" said Mr.. McComas.
pirhily, "never do compete any longer than It
takes them 70 combine" Railroads" said Mr..
Walsh, "are 10 make money, and where they are
parallel they combine" II they had sought q
comparatively recent instance TO point their COM
mon moral they could have found 1t In the case
Of the New York Central and West Shore railroads
and the Erie canal The controlling element In the
West Shore company had for q long time under
serious consideration project to induce the state
OF New York 70 sell the canal, and then to
buy it themselves and use it for . railway
bed from Albany TO Buffalo. There are many
citizens VINO, tired OF the slow methods contract
Jobbery and political manipulation Of the canal
were strongly In favor OF such q sale, but the
sequel has showed how well 1t was that their
counsels were overruled- Instead Of competing In
good faith, the nval parallel roads played at light
ing for couple Of years till the Central company
had reduced its dividends beyond the endurance OF
the stockholders and the West shore company had
become bankrupt, and then they passed under one
management and gave the state an example OF
monopoly more Cumbersome than any II had ever
known before. II &c were not for the canal H.
n1uA8eu anu POOrty careu IOr a IL Is the mer-
chants and shippers Of central New York would
Be entirely st the mercy Of the united corpora-
Mons: and this strip Of country, instead OF being
one % the cheapest markets In the whole Union
tor staple domestic products, would become one Of
The dearest.
Col Alfred spates, once president OF the canal,
was one Of the other speakers. He warmly ap-
proved Of the Idea OF state aid, and seconded Mr.
Daughmans proposal that the Legislature take q
hall million Of the repair bonds for the sinking
FUND, thus giving the canal q chance to breathe
again and put It's vitality TO q practical test.
The general promise OF yesterdays meeting is
hopeful: and there Is reason to believe now that
leading citizens have taken hold Of the matter In
confident spirit, that the Maryland legislature
may b induced TO lend the canal enough support
20 tide II over It's most imminent peril 1t BE-
hooves President Baughman. however, not to
withhold any private influence he may be able to
exert for paying next month enough Of the ma
tured interest TO stave on q foreclosure Large
bodies move slowly, and the railroad clique and
the political pipe-layers may have time to do q
good deal OF damage before the legislature can be
GOO 70 adopt any decisive measures
IL Is not likely that we shall have In this CITY